It could be up to voters soon whether Colorado should continue to operate as a Sanctuary State for migrants in the U.S. illegally or repeal laws blocking local police from coordinating with immigration officials.
Advance Colorado led by Michael Fields — author of many successful ballot measures over the years —is now organizing a raid on these dangerous state laws passed during the Polis administration.
What’s wrong with lose laws? Fields explains:
“The current laws do not allow for cooperation to detain or deport murderers, rapists, armed robbers, or a host of other violent criminals.”
And that’s a problem.
The Denver Gazette explains what the ballot measure would allow when these detainment orders do:
Specifically, it would require local authorities to cooperate with requests to notify the U.S. Department of Homeland Security about releasing inmates and detain the latter if they are charged with a violent crime or had been convicted with a prior felony.
Polis is already waffling by insisting his laws shielding illegal migrants from immigration law enforcement is not providing sanctuary, even though it’s the very definition of providing sanctuary.
That’s not true. It’s why we filed a ballot measure to mandate that state and federal law enforcement cooperate with federal authorities when it’s a violent criminal or repeat offender. #copolitics #coleg https://t.co/d0NwsYASW7 pic.twitter.com/i9xUKY8Ky8
— Michael Fields (@MichaelCLFields) January 28, 2025
Instead of taking the handcuffs off local police to let them do their job, Polis told Trump on Friday he should just send in more federal officers to do the job of local and state law enforcement.
Just 48 hours later, the immigration and drug raids began.
By Monday, Congress had notified Denver Mayor Johnston his presence was required before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to explain his Sanctuary City policies.
All in Trump’s first week in office.